Memory card, and receptacle for same
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYoshio Kondo, Toshiharu Kobayashi, Takumi Okaue, Akira Sassa
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Abstract
A memory card is disclosed which has a card body (2) having a concavity (9) formed at the forward end thereof in the inserting direction and in which terminals (5) are disposed and projections (10) are formed between the terminals (5) to prevent the terminals (5) from being touched or accessed from outside. A receptacle for the memory card is also disclosed. The memory card has a simple structure designed to positively protect the terminals and easily let out dust or the like from inside, thereby permitting to assure a positive connection with the receptacle.
Claims9
A memory card comprising:
- a substantially rectangular card body having first and second surfaces;
- electrical terminals disposed proximate an edge of said first surface and positioned in recesses that open to said first surface;
- a storage device disposed in said card body for storing data;
- a control circuit disposed in said card body for controlling writing data supplied from said terminals into said storage device and reading stored data from said storage device to said terminals;
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- said card body having four corners, three of which are of substantially the same shape and the fourth of which is of a different shape to prevent incorrect insertion of said memory card into a receptacle therefor.
A memory card comprising:
- a substantially rectangular card body having first and second surfaces;
- electrical terminals disposed proximate an edge of said first surface;
- a storage device disposed in said card body for storing data;
- a control circuit disposed in said card body for controlling writing data supplied from said terminals into said storage device and reading stored data from said storage device to said terminals;
- said card body having four corners, three of which are of substantially the same shape and the fourth of which is of a different shape to prevent incorrect insertion of said memory card into a receptacle therefor;
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- wherein said terminals are offset from a center line of said rectangular shape toward a first longitudinal edge of said card body and said fourth corner is provided along a second, opposite longitudinal edge of said card body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.